Time And Process In Ancient Judaism
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Time And Process In Ancient Judaism
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Author : Sacha Stern
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-01
Time And Process In Ancient Judaism written by Sacha Stern and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-01 with Religion categories.
This illuminating study is about the absence of time as an entity in itself in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Evidence is drawn from a complete range of Jewish sources from this period.
Purity Sacrifice And The Temple
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Author : Jonathan Klawans
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2009-05
Purity Sacrifice And The Temple written by Jonathan Klawans and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Religion categories.
Ancient Jewish sacrifice has long been misunderstood. Some find in sacrifice the key to the mysterious and violent origins of human culture. Others see these cultic rituals as merely the fossilized vestiges of primitive superstition. Some believe that ancient Jewish sacrifice was doomed from the start, destined to be replaced by the Christian eucharist. Others think that the temple was fated to be superseded by the synagogue. In Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple Jonathan Klawans demonstrates that these supersessionist ideologies have prevented scholars from recognizing the Jerusalem temple as a powerful source of meaning and symbolism to the ancient Jews who worshiped there. Klawans exposes and counters such ideologies by reviewing the theoretical literature on sacrifice and taking a fresh look at a broad range of evidence concerning ancient Jewish attitudes toward the temple and its sacrificial cult. The first step toward reaching a more balanced view is to integrate the study of sacrifice with the study of purity-a ritual structure that has commonly been understood as symbolic by scholars and laypeople alike. The second step is to rehabilitate sacrificial metaphors, with the understanding that these metaphors are windows into the ways sacrifice was understood by ancient Jews. By taking these steps-and by removing contemporary religious and cultural biases-Klawans allows us to better understand what sacrifice meant to the early communities who practiced it. Armed with this new understanding, Klawans reevaluates the ideas about the temple articulated in a wide array of ancient sources, including Josephus, Philo, Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament, and Rabbinic literature. Klawans mines these sources with an eye toward illuminating the symbolic meanings of sacrifice for ancient Jews. Along the way, he reconsiders the ostensible rejection of the cult by the biblical prophets, the Qumran sect, and Jesus. While these figures may have seen the temple in their time as tainted or even defiled, Klawans argues, they too-like practically all ancient Jews-believed in the cult, accepted its symbolic significance, and hoped for its ultimate efficacy.
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism Third Series
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism Third Series written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Mishnah categories.
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Judaism categories.
Ancient Judaism
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Author : Max Weber
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Ancient Judaism written by Max Weber and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with Religion categories.
Weber’s classic study which deals specifically with: Types of Asceticism and the Significance of Ancient Judaism, History and Social Organization of Ancient Palestine, Political Organization and Religious Ideas in the Time of the Confederacy and the Early Kings, Political Decline, Religious Conflict and Biblical Prophecy.
Ancient Jewish Sciences And The History Of Knowledge In Second Temple Literature
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Author : Jonathan Ben-Dov
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2014-04-28
Ancient Jewish Sciences And The History Of Knowledge In Second Temple Literature written by Jonathan Ben-Dov and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-28 with History categories.
Until very recently, the idea of ancient Jewish sciences would have been considered unacceptable. Since the 1990s, Early Modern and Medieval Science in Jewish sources has been actively studied, but the consensus was that no real scientific themes could be found in earlier Judaism. This work points them out in detail and posits a new field of research: the scientific activity evident in the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Jewish pseudepigrapha. The publication of new texts and new analyses of older ones reveals crucial elements that are best illuminated by the history of science, and may have interesting consequences for it. The contributors evaluate these texts in relation to astronomy, astrology, and physiognomy, marking the first comprehensive attempt to account for scientific themes in Second Temple Judaism. They investigate the meaning and purpose of scientific explorations in an apocalyptic setting. An appreciation of these topics paves the way to a renewed understanding of the scientific fragments scattered throughout rabbinic literature. The book first places the Jewish material in the ancient context of the Near Eastern and Hellenistic worlds. While the Jewish texts were not on the cutting edge of scientific discovery, they find a meaningful place in the history of science, between Babylonia and Egypt, in the time period between Hipparchus and Ptolemy. The book uses recent advances in method to examine the contacts and networks of Jewish scholars in their ancient setting. Second, the essays here tackle the problematic concept of a national scientific tradition. Although science is nowadays often conceived as universal, the historiography of ancient Jewish sciences demonstrates the importance of seeing the development of science in a local context. The book explores the tension between the hegemony of central scientific traditions and local scientific enterprises, showing the relevance of ancient data to contemporary postcolonial historiography of science. Finally, philosophical questions of the demarcation of science are addressed in a way that can advance the discussion of related ancient materials. Online edition available as part of the NYU Library's Ancient World Digital Library and in partnership with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW).
Sabbath And Synagogue
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Author : Heather A. McKay
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Sabbath And Synagogue written by Heather A. McKay and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Religion categories.
Sabbath worship as a communal event does not feature in the Hebrew Bible. In the context of the first century CE, according to Philo and Josephus, the sabbath gatherings took place only for the purpose of studying the law, and not for the liturgical recital of psalms or prayer. Classical authors depict Jews spending the sabbath at home. Jewish inscriptions provide no evidence of sabbath-worship in prayer-houses (proseuchai), while the Mishnah prescribes no special communal sabbath activities. The usual picture of Jews going on the sabbath to the synagogue to worship thus appears to be without foundation. It is even doubtful that there were synagogue buildings, for "synagogue" normally meant "community." The conclusion of this study, that there is no evidence that the sabbath was a day of communal Jewish worship before 200 CE, has far-reaching consequences for our understanding of early Jewish-Christian relationships. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
Sects And Sectarianism In Jewish History
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Author : Sacha Stern
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-04-21
Sects And Sectarianism In Jewish History written by Sacha Stern and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-21 with Religion categories.
Several Jewish groups from Antiquity until today have been traditionally identified as ‘sects’ or as ‘sectarian’, most famously the Qumran community and the Qaraites. This volume questions the appropriateness of this interpretation of social and religious movements in Jewish history.
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism Fourth Series
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: Neusner Titles in Brown Judaic
Release Date : 1989
Method And Meaning In Ancient Judaism Fourth Series written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by Neusner Titles in Brown Judaic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Religion categories.
Time And Difference In Rabbinic Judaism
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Author : Sarit Kattan Gribetz
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Time And Difference In Rabbinic Judaism written by Sarit Kattan Gribetz and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Religion categories.
How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity The rabbinic corpus begins with a question–“when?”—and is brimming with discussions about time and the relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism explores the rhythms of time that animated the rabbinic world of late antiquity, revealing how rabbis conceptualized time as a way of constructing difference between themselves and imperial Rome, Jews and Christians, men and women, and human and divine. In each chapter, Sarit Kattan Gribetz explores a unique aspect of rabbinic discourse on time. She shows how the ancient rabbinic texts artfully subvert Roman imperialism by offering "rabbinic time" as an alternative to "Roman time." She examines rabbinic discourse about the Sabbath, demonstrating how the weekly day of rest marked "Jewish time" from "Christian time." Gribetz looks at gendered daily rituals, showing how rabbis created "men's time" and "women's time" by mandating certain rituals for men and others for women. She delves into rabbinic writings that reflect on how God spends time and how God's use of time relates to human beings, merging "divine time" with "human time." Finally, she traces the legacies of rabbinic constructions of time in the medieval and modern periods. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism sheds new light on the central role that time played in the construction of Jewish identity, subjectivity, and theology during this transformative period in the history of Judaism.